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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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